In the middle of Bleak House, the heroine, an orphan named Esther Summerson, gets smallpox and goes blind. The first time I read the novel I was so shocked and upset by this turn of events that I ...

BEAUTIFUL and bleak are the two words that best describe ... as well as heartbreaking close-ups of the film’s tragic heroine, a young woman named Aman, played to perfection by Altinay Ghelich ...

Bleak House is a triumph on all scores ... that keeps viewers guessing about Lady Dedlock’s motives. Like a besieged heroine in a detective story, Lady Dedlock presents a carefully crafted ...

The heroine of Bleak House contracts smallpox, as Andrew Davies' adaptation continues... Charles Dickens was never one to shy away from writing truthfully about life in 19th-century Britain.

The heroine of Bleak House contracts smallpox, as Andrew Davies' adaptation continues... Charles Dickens was never one to shy away from writing truthfully about life in 19th-century Britain.

Bleak House is based on the long-running litigation ... including the novel’s heroine, Ester Summerson. Some of the memorable characters in the book include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn ...

So, off to Bleak House? No - first we have to be introduced ... But there were some worries - principally to do with our heroine, Esther, but also her companion, Ada. I think most modern readers ...

Bleak House is based on the long-running litigation ... including the novel’s heroine, Ester Summerson. Some of the memorable characters in the book include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn ...

Bleak House offers a satirical assault on the greed ... Anna Maxwell Martin excels as Dickens's heroine, Esther Summerson, court-appointed companion to the two wards, as does Denis Lawson as ...

The BBC’s 1985 “Bleak House” struck him as “a very good ... In addition, “the novel’s heroine, Esther, had always irritated me. Such a smug little goody-goody. I thought, there are ...